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Bananas, Beaches and Bases
Cynthia Enloe makes international politics visible through women working in tourism, domestic labor, diplomacy, military bases, and export economies.
- Feminist Security Studies
- Militarism
- Globalization
Karukku
Bama’s Karukku begins from Tamil Dalit Christian women’s experience to write caste, religious institutions, education, and self-recovery in conflict.
- Dalit Feminism
- Caste and Gender
- Religious Patriarchy Critique
Men Explain Things to Me
A modern feminist classic that deeply explores the phenomenon of 'mansplaining' and its impact on women. Solnit's sharp writing reveals gender power relations in everyday life, providing important perspectives for understanding contemporary women's circumstances.
- Patriarchy Critique
- Cultural Critique
- Feminist Literary Criticism
A Feminist Voyage through International Relations
J. Ann Tickner reflects on twenty-five years of feminist IR, from reformulating realism and security to methodology, 9/11, religious violence, race, and empire.
- Feminist Security Studies
- Feminist Theory
- International Context
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
A transgender rights activist's autobiographical work that explores the multiple meanings of feminine identity through personal growth experiences, challenging mainstream society's rigid perceptions of authenticity and femininity.
- Trans Feminism
- Race and Gender
- Women's Writing
Citizen: An American Lyric
A hybrid of prose and poetry, Claudia Rankine's memoir-like art book provides uncompromising insights into the living conditions of 21st-century Black Americans - particularly Black women. From microaggressions to intentional acts of bias, Rankine creates a taxonomy of daily offenses against Black Americans, challenging all of us to consider our own complicity.
- Black Feminism
- Race and Gender
- Cultural Critique
Women's Poverty
女性たちの貧困Women's Poverty is a documentary collection by NHK's 'Women's Poverty' reporting team, revealing the structural causes of women's poverty in Japanese society through in-depth interviews with impoverished Japanese women. This work breaks the myth that 'women's poverty is a personal problem,' showing how gender discrimination, non-regular employment, and gaps in social security together create women's economic hardship.
- Women's Work
- Economic Empowerment
- Class Analysis
Do Muslim Women Need Saving?
Lila Abu-Lughod dismantles the rescue narrative that turns Muslim women into a uniform victim class and uses their suffering to authorize war, humanitarian intervention, and moral superiority.
- Arab Feminism
- Decolonial Feminism
- Religion and Gender
Precarious Japan
Anne Allison’s ethnography follows post-bubble stagnation, irregular work, lonely death, and post-Fukushima life to examine what happens when stable family and male-breadwinner institutions unravel.
- Capitalism Critique
- Economic Empowerment
- Ageism and Gender
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
The moving memoir of the girl who fought for her right to education and survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban at age fifteen. A powerful record of life in Pakistan's Swat Valley, family bonds, and the courage of an individual standing against extremist oppression.
- Political Participation
- Women's Rights
- Social Movements
Braiding Sweetgrass
Combining Indigenous wisdom with scientific knowledge to explore the relationship between humans and nature, proposing ecofeminist practices based on reciprocity and gratitude.
- Ecofeminism
- Indigenous Feminism
- Climate Justice
Seriously!
Cynthia Enloe investigates financial crashes, political crises, peacekeeping, and revolutions by asking what changes when women are treated as politically serious.
- Feminist Security Studies
- Political Participation
- Economic Empowerment
Gendering Global Conflict
Laura Sjoberg argues that gender and gender subordination are central to the making, fighting, and interpretation of global conflict.
- Feminist Security Studies
- War and Peace
- Gender Politics
The Transgender Studies Reader 2
This second reader documents the expansion of transgender studies into race, disability, migration, postcolonial critique, embodiment, and media.
- Trans Studies
- Intersectional Feminism
- Queer Theory
Feminist, Queer, Crip
Alison Kafer links disability, queer, and feminist theory to challenge the ableist idea of a normal future and to imagine crip futures grounded in coalition, care, and justice.
- Disability Justice
- Queer Theory
- Feminist Theory
Caring Democracy: Markets, Equality, and Justice
Joan C. Tronto recasts care as a central public concern of democracy, asking who sustains life, who is permitted to evade care, and how markets produce a democratic care deficit.
- Care Economy
- Domestic Labor
- Economic Empowerment
Mom & Me & Mom
The final autobiography written by the legendary poet Maya Angelou. Addressing her early abandonment by her mother, years of estrangement, and a dramatic eventual reconciliation, this work beautifully maps how one woman learned to be independent, to forgive, and to blossom into a world-renowned writer through the complexities of maternal love.
- Women's History
- Women's Literature
- Race and Gender
Making Peace with the Earth
Vandana Shiva links land, water, forest, seed, and food wars, arguing for an earth-centered political economy.
- Ecofeminism
- Climate Justice
- Capitalism Critique
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
A transformative call to action for women worldwide from former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. By addressing leadership in the workplace, the balance of domestic labor, and the affirmation of personal ambition, Sandberg ignited a global 'Lean In' movement that serves as a modern business bible for women.
- Political Participation
- Women's Rights
- Social Movements
Against the Madness of Manu: B.R. Ambedkar's Writings on Brahmanical Patriarchy
Sharmila Rege curates Ambedkar’s writings on Brahmanical patriarchy, foregrounding anti-caste thought as a deeply feminist critique.
- Brahmanical Patriarchy
- Dalit Feminism
- Caste and Gender
Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
Through rulings on citizenship, family, health, property, and violence, this casebook examines how Latin American courts expand or restrict women’s and LGBTI rights.
- Latin American Feminism
- Legal Equality
- Queer Theory
Women and Wars
Carol Cohn’s edited volume gathers feminist analyses of women, gender, armed conflict, memory, displacement, and postwar futures.
- Feminist Security Studies
- War and Peace
- Anti-Sexual Violence
Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing
Janet Abbate traces the historical shift from women’s high participation in computing work to the formation of masculinized professional identity.
- Digital Feminism
- Women's History
- Labor Rights
Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation
Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation connects punishment, gender, race, and community safety, strengthening FemRes coverage of abolition feminism and transformative justice.
- Black Feminism
- Carceral Feminism
- Anti-Sexual Violence